λούω,
contr. from λοέω, from which come impf. λόεον Od. 4.252: aor. inf. λοέσσαι 19.320; part. λοέσσας Il. 23.282: fut. Med. λοέσσομαι Od. 6.221: 3 sg. aor. λοέσσατο ib. 227; λοεσσάμενος Il. 10.577, Schwyzer 633 (Eresus, ii/i B. C.): also impf. ἐλούεον h.Cer. 289. -
I Later forms, λούει Hdt. 6.52; inf. λούειν Hp. Morb. 2.20, Pl. Phd. 115a: fut. λούσω Call. Del. 95; Dor. λουσῶ Theoc. 5.146: aor. ἔλουσα Anacr. 47, S. Ant. 901, Ar. Lys. 19 ( λοῦσα Il. 16.679, etc.): -
Med. λούονται Hdt. 4.75; inf. λούεσθαι Il. 6.508, Hp. Epid. 5.70; part. λουόμενοι Hdt. 3.23: fut. λούσομαι Ar. Nu. 837, Pl. Phd. 116a: aor. ἐλουσάμην ibid.; λούσαντο Il. 10.576; Dor. part. λωσάμενος Berl.Sitzb. 1927.157 (Cyrene): -
Pass., aor. ἐλούθην Hp. Mul. 1.11, later ἐλούσθην Lyc. 446: pf. λέλουμαι, 3 sg. λέλουται Ar. Pax 868; part. λελουμένος Il. 5.6, later λέλουσμαι LXX Ca. 5.12 (cod. Vat.). -
1. Another old form of the pres. was λόω, whence 3 sg. λόει Scol. 25, 2 sg. Med. κατα-λόει Ar. Nu. 838 (prob.): 3 sg. impf. λόε Od. 10.361, 3 pl. λόον h.Ap. 120; 3 sg. subj. Med. λόηται IG 12(5).569.5 (Ceos, iii B.C.); inf. λόεσθαι Hes. Op. 749: - to λόω also belong the foll. contr. forms, 3 sg. impf. ἀπ-έλου Ar. V. 118, ἐλοῦμεν Id. Pl. 657; pres. Pass. λοῦται Semon. 7.63, X. Cyr. 1.3.11, A. Fr. 366 (note); λοῦνται, ἐλοῦτο, Hdt. 1.198, 3.125, ἐλούμην Men. 363; 3 pl. ἐλοῦντο X. Cyr. 4.5.4, etc. (Dor. λῶντο, λώοντο, Call. Lav.Pall. 72, 73); inf. λοῦσθαι Od. 6.216, Hdt. 3.124, Ar. Nu. 1044, Pl. Lg. 942b; part. λούμενος Ar. Av. 1623, Pl. 658, X. Mem. 3.13.3: the forms ἐλούομεν, λούομαι, ἐλουόμην, etc., are rejected by Phryn. 165, but are freq. found in codd., Lys. 1.9, etc.: the imper. form λοῦ (glossed by λοῦσαι, Hsch.), if correct, is contr. for λόε: (Cf. Lat. l[acaron]vo [fr. *lovo ]): - wash, prop. wash the body (νίζω being used of the hands and feet, πλύνω of clothes), τὸν δ’ Ἥβη λοῦσεν Il. 5.905; δμῳαὶ λοῦσαν καὶ χρῖσαν ἐλαίῳ Od. 4.49, cf. 6.210; λοῦσ’ ἐν ποταμῷ bathed me, i.e. let me bathe, 7.296; τίς ἄν σφε λούσειεν; A. Th. 739 (lyr.); λούσαντες τὸν νεκρόν Hdt. 2.86, cf. E. Tr. 1152, S. Ant. 901; λ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν [Act 16:33]; also λ ἐκ τρίποδος μεγάλοιο washed me [with water] from a great cauldron, Od. 10.361; ὀϊστοὺς λοῦσεν φοινίσσᾳ.. Ἄρης ψακάδι Simon. 106: c. acc. cogn., λουτρὸν λοῦσαί τινα, v. cross λουτρόν 1.2. rarely of things, λ. τὰ δύο μέρη τοῦ βαλανείου PFlor. 384.30 (v A.D.).
2. metaph., purify, τινὰ ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν v.l. in [Rev 1:5].
II
1. Med. and Pass., bathe, λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι Od. 6.216: also c. gen., λελουμένος Ὠκεανοῖο (of a star just risen) fresh from Ocean’s bath, Il. 5.6; λούεσθαι ποταμοῖο bathe in the river, 6.508; so ἀπὸ [κρήνης] λουόμενοι Hdt. 3.23: c. acc. cogn., τὸ λουτρὸν ἡ Ῥέα λοῦται Arr. Tact. 33.4: abs., λούσαντο Od. 4.48, cf. Hdt. 5.20, etc.; λελουμένος freshbathed, after bathing, Id. 1.126, Ar. Lys. 1064 (lyr.); ἐν βαλανείῳ λελουμένος Pl. R. 495e; λούεσθαι ἐν πηλῷ Arist. HA 595a31; εἰς λουτρῶνας Ptol.Euerg. 3 J. (dub.): metaph., τόξα.. αἵματι λουσάμενα Simon. 143, cf. Call. Del. 95; λελουμένος τῷ φόνῳ Luc. DMeretr. 13.3.
2. in strict pass. sense, λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, i.e. to be washed by the rain from heaven, Hdt. 3.124, 125.
3. in strict med. sense, c. acc., λοέσσασθαι χρόα wash one’s body, Hes. Op. 522, Th. 5; λούονται (v.l. cross λοῦνται) ὕδατι τὸ σῶμα Hdt. 4.75.
G3068 — λούω
: 1 aorist ἔλουσά; perfect passive participle λελουμένος and (in [Heb 10:23] T WH) λελουσμενος, a later Greek form (cf. Lobeck on Sophocles Aj., p. 324; Stephanus Thesaurus 5:397 c.; cf. Kühner, § 343, under the word; (Veitch, under the word, who cites Song of Solomon 5:12, Vat.)); 1 aorist middle participle λουσαμενος; from Homer down; the Sept. for רָחַץ; to bathe, wash: properly, τινα, a dead person, [Act 9:37]; τινα ἀπό τῶν πληγῶν, by washing to cleanse from the blood of the wounds, [Act 16:33] (Winers Grammar, 372 (348), cf. § 30, 6 a.; Buttmann, 322 (277)); ὁ λελουμένος, absolutely, he that has bathed, [Joh 13:10] (on the meaning of the passage see καθαρός, a. (and cf. Synonyms below)); λελουσμένοι τό σῶμα, with the dative of instrumentality, ὕδατι, [Heb 10:22] (23); middle to wash oneself (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 2 a.): [2Pe 2:22]; tropically, Christ is described as ὁ λουσας ἡμᾶς ἀπό τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, i. e. who by suffering the bloody death of a vicarious sacrifice cleansed us from the guilt of our sins, [Rev 1:5] R G (others, λύσας (which see 2 at the end). Compare: ἀπολούω.)
λούω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7364 ( freq . of ceremonial washing; cf. Deiss., BS , 226 f .);]
to bathe, wash the body: c . acc pers ., [Act 9:37] (of a dead body); id . seq . ἀπό ( Deiss., BS , l.c .), [Act 16:33]; pass . ptcp . pf ., [Joh 13:10], [Heb 10:22]; mid ., to wash oneself ( Mayor , in l ; M . Pr., 155 f ., 238 f .), [2Pe 2:22]; metaph ., [Rev 1:5], Rec. , R , mg . ( cf. ἀπο - λούω ). †
SYN.: νίπτω G3538, used of parts of the body-hands, feet, face; πλύνω G4150, of things, as garments, etc. ( v. [Lev 15:11]; cf. Tr., Syn. , § xlv).